Re: [ilugd] dimdim anyone?

2009-01-16 Thread linuxlingam
Thanks Dhiraj, on sharing your experiences with dimdim. The tip on managing better with around six people is good. I think will try it soon for outstation foss-conferences and events to which i can't travel. The ability to share my desktop and to whiteboard, makes software hands-on seminars and dem

Re: [ilugd] Open Source MIDI Editor/ Sequencer

2008-09-18 Thread linuxlingam
How to start with foss video editing: your first steps should be with kino. About 90% of personal video-edits can be done with this. grow your skills and start using the video-edit features of blender3d. hth regards n On 9/18/08, Swapnil Bhartiya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 18, 20

Re: [ilugd] Open Source MIDI Editor/ Sequencer

2008-09-17 Thread linuxlingam
You ask: "which software is best for video-editing" under foss and gnu/linux? answer: video-edit software like kino, cinerella etc are not as robust,mature,and friendly or professional like fcp, avids, etc. Hence, a few people use the video-edit features of blender3d.but the software looks intimid

Re: [ilugd] The Hindu: Techies protest proprietary standards; seek policy

2008-04-14 Thread linuxlingam
[snip] just read this news in delhi's edition of the hindu as well. Page 8 of today's newspaper. Next steps: 1. Those interested may clip and post the newspaper cutting on their office and college noticeboards. 2. Ditto for the open letter to TCS, Wipro, Infosys. 3. Publish photos of these on your

Re: [ilugd] [OT] My dilemma

2008-03-06 Thread linuxlingam
A windows refund is possible, and your full legal right. Microsoft knows this and honours it. Just that so far in india no one has bothered to exercise it. Also you must ensure you do not install it, or in presence of witnesses click on 'do not accept' or similar, for the end user license agreement

Re: [ilugd] teeshirts: freed.in, and ilug-d

2008-02-22 Thread linuxlingam
There are only 10 left. And that's not a 50% drop. Btw, the tees are buried somewhere here, so ask at the registration desk, or dinesh shah N -- niyam bhushan ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo

Re: [ilugd] computer teaching compulsory in haryana

2008-02-15 Thread linuxlingam
Dear kenneth, no = not using or no = don't know? regards n -- niyam bhushan ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - February 22-24, 2008 Archives at: http://new

Re: [ilugd] ubuntu feisty roll-forward till oct 2007

2007-12-29 Thread linuxlingam
Dear jasbir, thanks for your respone and taking your cue promptly subscribed to the ubuntu-in mailing list. i have not opted for dist-upgrade in feisty, just regular maintenance updates. The ones post oct2007 demand more ram, so until then the system is doing a swap dance. I therefore dont want u

Re: [ilugd] amarok on ubuntu wants to initialize ipod

2007-12-08 Thread linuxlingam
Hi sandip, i thought you wanted to meet me at foss.in? Have been looking for you, and now within another 4 hours the event is over. There were some interesting talks here on foss audio, and quite a few people from ilug-d (except msn, who's gone missing) niyam -- niyam bhushan ___

Re: [ilugd] ILUG-Delhi meeting on Tue., Dec., 11th, at 5.30 pm.

2007-12-08 Thread linuxlingam
Yeah! An ilug-d meet on 11dec with danese cooper, post-event sharing of doss.in, look ahead at freed.iN, and more sounds fun. +1 from me. See you guys there. I suppose shirish from pune lug will also be there. Niyam bhushan -- niyam bhushan ___ ilugd m

Re: [ilugd] ubuntu feisty linux to nokia E61i bluetooth

2007-11-25 Thread linuxlingam
On 11/25/07, Anand Shankar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Try various binaries OR the LiveCD at http://www.kmobiletools.org/ Downloaded and booted with the live cd of kmobiletools. version 0.5 beta 3. this is buggy and crashes. could not detect my mobile phone. in fact, no bluetooth device found.

[ilugd] Linux PDA mailing list

2004-06-30 Thread linuxlingam
yabadaba doo! thank god someone woke up to the *sense* of having a dedicated mailing list for handheld devices, including cellphones. i raised this topic about two weeks ago, only to have a ballistic tarun dua pooh!pooh! the idea. drat! it has taken more than 25 years for india to have a modest 1

[ilugd] (no subject)

2004-06-29 Thread linuxlingam
dear mail-posters of ilugd [and helpless victims of top-posters and other mail-abusers of the mailing list] please check out http://freshmeat.net/articles/view/1235 and discover the joys of t-prot :-) LL ps: tarunDua, does this prove i'm alive? or is it possible i am a bot masquerading signs of

[ilugd] black tongue blue tooth

2004-06-12 Thread linuxlingam
dear all, bhaskie's call on bluetooth for nokia 6600 is meaningful. i just bought the same toy about 10 days ago. still haven't bought an blutooth device, since i wanted to hear from you guys on what works under gnuLinux. and how. also, would be happy if the cognescenti among you could provide ti

[ilugd] spectranet dsl users on list?

2004-06-09 Thread linuxlingam
are there any spectranet dsl users on this list? ? LL ___ ilugd mailinglist -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED

[ilugd] A new file uploaded at ILUG-D site

2004-05-06 Thread linuxlingam
OpenOffice. Use if you wish to re-purpose this for a website or other media or any other use. Published under FDL. And, the link is [ http://www.linux-delhi.org/ilugd/../cgi-bin/ilugd/download.cgi?action=downloads ] Thanks, Linuxlingam -- This email

[ilugd] A new file uploaded at ILUG-D site

2004-05-06 Thread linuxlingam
'ScribusTutorial.tar.gz' also available here. Text, images, design, published under FDL. And, the link is [ http://www.linux-delhi.org/ilugd/../cgi-bin/ilugd/download.cgi?action=downloads ] Thanks, Linuxlingam -- This email is brought

[ilugd] A new file uploaded at ILUG-D site

2004-05-06 Thread linuxlingam
ugd/../cgi-bin/ilugd/download.cgi?action=downloads ] Thanks, Linuxlingam -- This email is brought to you by http://www.linux-delhi.org/ , India Linux Users Group - Delhi. ___ ilugd mailinglist -- [EMAIL

Re: [ilugd] PlayFair: what's happening

2004-04-27 Thread linuxlingam
hey! the playfair controversy refuses to blow away. a heck lot is happening even as you read this email. there's something called the FSF-WG (the free software foundation: working group) this discussion is most active there, with responses from richard stallman (founder, fsf), eben moglen (profess

[ilugd] islamabad to train 4000 govt officials in FLOSS

2004-04-26 Thread linuxlingam
IT ministry to train 4000 Govt. servants, others in Open Source software http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/04/25/1414247 ISLAMABAD: Federal Ministry for Information Technology has launched a pilot project at a cost of Rs. 37 million for the training of government servants

[ilugd] playfair like in teeshirts?

2004-04-26 Thread linuxlingam
this at slashdot "Jon Lech Johansen, who [0]reverse engineered FairPlay back in January, and wrote the decryption code that was later used by an anonymous developer to create the [1]playfair utility, has released a similar utility: [2]DeDRMS. It's only 230 lines. T-shirts anyone?"

Re: [ilugd] [Fwd: Looking for Linux training institute

2004-04-26 Thread linuxlingam
On Mon, 2004-04-26 at 16:50, Sudeep Sharma wrote: [snip] > > Note: i dont want to be a** getting fire in the institute so plz try not to mention > my namethanks you just sent your name and details on a public mailing list with perhaps thousands of subscribers, in delhi. did i mention the lis

[ilugd] 20,000 users in kerala schools

2004-04-25 Thread linuxlingam
from fred's email: THREE CHEERS TO KERALA: This input is from linux_schools at yahoo.com (Herald), who writes: Kerala is leading in Free/Libre and Open Source Software front. 200 schools multiplied by 100 students on an average gives 20 thousand GNU/Linux users. Children are very curious and fast

[ilugd] flashmob meet actionplan

2004-04-23 Thread linuxlingam
heard there was supposed to be a meeting this sunday to discuss next steps...? LL ___ ilugd mailinglist -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-

Re: [ilugd] Minutes of ILUD April 18,2004 meeting

2004-04-23 Thread linuxlingam
an interruption is the first sign to me that my audience is awake. :-), therefore it is always welcome. a speaker in command of the audience can choose to answer a query through interruption immediately, or politely explain he/she would like to take it up at the end of the session, and make a ment

Re: [ilugd] [Fwd: ILUG-D: Contact Us]

2004-04-22 Thread linuxlingam
On Fri, 2004-04-23 at 02:46, Shashank Sharma wrote: > > I feel that a wiki or a sourceforge requires too much of planning. So, even though I > agree that it is a great idea, I think you(komal) should get your thoughts together > and work things out acoordingly. > > I think that you should just

[ilugd] stream-rip to mp3

2004-04-22 Thread linuxlingam
http://www.ratajik.com/stationripper/ slashdot says this is 100% legal too. you get about 300 songs per day. ymmv ianal just thinking: if someone wishes to record the local radio station broadcasts in delhi for personal use, that's allowed? or local tv shows and videos? should it be illegal or

Re: [ilugd] [Fwd: ILUG-D: Contact Us]

2004-04-22 Thread linuxlingam
On Thu, 2004-04-22 at 10:16, komal wrote: > > > > Corel draw is itself available under linux. I don't know where and how you > can get it, but it is available for linux. > > > > -LinuxLala > > > > > Care to provide at least one link? Even search on Corel website didn't show > single match. In fa

Re: [ilugd] The EFF Patent Busting Project

2004-04-20 Thread linuxlingam
On Wed, 2004-04-21 at 04:44, Sandip Bhattacharya wrote: > [ When is EFF opening up an India branch so that we can help support > them on these initiatives? - Sandip ] > > http://www.eff.org/Patent/ > if you go thru the mail archives, you will see i posted a request to start ef in india or someth

[ilugd] what does fairplay do, btw

2004-04-20 Thread linuxlingam
from a reader's post at slashdot "DO you even know what PlayFair does? It does not "crack" Apple's DRM. It still requires you to purchase the song and then it will strip the DRM using valid keys. This is no different then what is allowed by Apple's DRM now. You can purchase a song and burn a musi

Re: [ilugd] flash mob computing !

2004-04-20 Thread linuxlingam
On Tue, 2004-04-20 at 09:28, vivek khurana wrote: > --- linuxlingam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > grrr someone else pick it up. [snip] anyone else could volunteer on this please? am busy with the apple sarovar thingie, and with a few other projects, like tutorials for free gr

Re: [ilugd] flash mob computing !

2004-04-20 Thread linuxlingam
On Tue, 2004-04-20 at 09:23, vivek khurana wrote: > --- linuxlingam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > who said flash mob computing is fizzling itself out? [snip] > Thank god you guyz disscussed it after i left. BTW > what was stopping you from discussing it while me and

Re: [ilugd] [Fwd: ILUG-D: Contact Us]

2004-04-20 Thread linuxlingam
On Tue, 2004-04-20 at 02:05, komal wrote: > > Original Message > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Message from Sunil Kumar: > > > > Sir, > > I want to know about the substitutes of Coral Draw ,Adobe Photoshop, > > Adobe Pagemaker for LINUX platform And where are they available i

Re: [ilugd] flash mob computing !

2004-04-19 Thread linuxlingam
On Tue, 2004-04-20 at 02:27, Sandip Bhattacharya wrote: > > I have a suggestion. Why dont you folks go to > http://lap.linux-delhi.org/cgi-bin/view/Main/WebHome and start off a > page on the flahmob supercomputing status,] > > LL, why dont you start out the top level page for the project, er

[ilugd] slashdot sarovar

2004-04-19 Thread linuxlingam
dear raj, i assume you made good friends with slashdot's editor, roblimo. could you send him an email on the sarovar controversy? ? LL ___ ilugd mailinglist -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gm

Re: [ilugd] KDE+GNOME+Enlightenment+TWM

2004-04-19 Thread linuxlingam
On Mon, 2004-04-19 at 06:09, Raj Mathur wrote: > You need to enable GDM (or whatever Display Manager you're using) on > multiple X sessions. Then you can start one X session with KDE, > another with Gnome, etc. > > For gdm, edit /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf and uncomment the line near the > bottom that

[ilugd] flash mob computing !

2004-04-19 Thread linuxlingam
who said flash mob computing is fizzling itself out? here's the latest status: 1) kishore makes a pragmatic suggestion: choose a location where we have existing dozens of pc with infrastructure like power, backup, ac, network, etc. we had volunteers here devoting their sites. kishore recommends

Re: [ilugd] Re: [OT] Sarovar, Fairplay, Apple

2004-04-19 Thread linuxlingam
On Tue, 2004-04-20 at 00:39, Abhijit Menon-Sen wrote: > At 2004-04-20 00:33:56 +0530, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > i thought we'd do something meaningful, doable, about this. > > And, er, what exactly is stopping you from doing something meaningful? > > -- ams good question. am already doin

Re: [ilugd] Re: [OT] Sarovar, Fairplay, Apple

2004-04-19 Thread linuxlingam
great to see the number of 'experts' on cyber laws voicing their 'expert' 'analysis' on this topic. i thought we'd do something meaningful, doable, about this. Self-whisper from The Matrix: "Focus, Trinity!" :-) LL ___ ilugd mailinglist -- [EMAIL PRO

[ilugd] KDE+GNOME+Enlightenment+TWM

2004-04-18 Thread linuxlingam
dear all, remember reading a few daze ago, about what commands and configurations to alter, so i can have KDE on F7, gnome on F8, and other desktop logins on other keys. been thru gmane archives, thru google, but can't seem to locate that reference. not in my mozilla bookmarks either. anybody kn

[ilugd] april ilug-d meet

2004-04-18 Thread linuxlingam
twelve hot chocolate fudges at nirula's ice-cream parlour. sirtaj, the famous KDE developer, had two. all this after a delicious chinese dinner at Yo! China at Priya Complex, in vasant vihar. which was what the partying gang at linux-delhi headed to, after hungrily devouring some hot and spicy mo

Re: [ilugd] only one reason

2004-04-18 Thread linuxlingam
On Sun, 2004-04-18 at 17:08, R.Vijayaraghavan wrote: > > the progress bar came near the 80% mark and suddenly, d4x got stuck. i > waited for 20 mins, then had to kill it. tried to restart it, and wow, it > never woke up. those were 7.3 days and from that day, never tried to > download a file in

Re: [ilugd] only one reason

2004-04-18 Thread linuxlingam
On Sun, 2004-04-18 at 13:43, R.Vijayaraghavan wrote: > I use WinXP only for one reason, downloading huge files which weigh more > than, say, 100MB. > > I have switched over to OOo from MS Office, switched over to Firebird > from IE, switched over to Tunderbird from OE ( i'm which step, LL ), > tha

Re: [ilugd] Open Source Software:-

2004-04-18 Thread linuxlingam
On Sun, 2004-04-18 at 07:08, Arun Kumar.A,delhi wrote: > Hi all, > Can anyone provide a single session lecture on Open Source Software.This is for a > few group. > Kindly advice. > > regards, > ARUN KUMAR.A i can bark on it for a couple of hours before my throat is slaked. what do you want?

Re: [ilugd] mouse to speaker buzzing sound

2004-04-15 Thread linuxlingam
On Fri, 2004-04-16 at 00:27, Avinesh Bangar wrote: > > Were your speakers really close to your mouse cable? We have similar > issues here at our office. Whenever a cell phone within close > proximity to a PC and speakers/headphones rings, you can hear the > speakers buzzing/hear buzzing in you

[ilugd] mouse to speaker buzzing sound

2004-04-15 Thread linuxlingam
dear all, a few months ago i mentioned an irritating problem: everytime i moved my mouse, it created some electrical-interference-related noise in my speakers. i googled, asked lists, tweaked, fasted, prayed, but the problem did not go away. :-) installed fedora, and it disappeared. just fyi. m

Re: [ilugd] deb cds and t shirt

2004-04-15 Thread linuxlingam
On Thu, 2004-04-15 at 10:55, Raj Mathur wrote: > >>>>> "LL" == linuxlingam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > LL> scrch! did someone say tea shirts?!!! all be aware: vivek > LL> has the ilug-d teeshirts. his only problem is commut

Re: [ilugd] deb cds and t shirt

2004-04-14 Thread linuxlingam
scrch! did someone say tea shirts?!!! all be aware: vivek has the ilug-d teeshirts. his only problem is commuting with them to the meet (buses, metro,inconvenient). so have told him to catch a cab or a scootie, and just have the expense refunded from the voluntary collection of funds from the

Re: [ilugd] ILUGD April 2004 Meeting

2004-04-14 Thread LinuxLingam
On Wed, 2004-04-14 at 13:29, Ankur Rohatgi wrote: > I will bring along my notebook and if anyone wants to see the stuff i > was talking about earlier they are welcome to :) . > > - - Ankur. arrey! haa bhai. bring it along. in fact, i have a newbie/friend, who got inspired by gnulinux, installed

[ilugd] april 18th meet

2004-04-13 Thread linuxlingam
at 2pm, EFY, okhla. tarun, final age andaa ? final speekars? for newbies: demo of eye-candy / redhat vs debian / debian install. tarun to confirm the aspect for newbies jaldi karo, teen din bachey hai. mary, kya aap aayengee? :-) LL ___ ilugd mai

[ilugd] linux kernel uner windoze

2004-04-13 Thread linuxlingam
http://www.colinux.org/ is a project by a 21-yr old israeli student with japanese collaborators. colinux runs the linux kernel under windoze xp and 2k. bye bye vmware, this is gpl. check out the screenshots. native linux apps run under windoze. not like cygwin. looks like 7steps2softwaresamadhi

[ilugd] generate background

2004-04-13 Thread linuxlingam
eyecandy lovers: Generate Background 1.0.2 http://freshmeat.net/releases/157423/ Generate Background is a random wallpaper selector that chooses wallpapers from a directory. It is useful for changing wallpapers automatically each time X is restarted. ___

Re: [ilugd] Now the Only Way Microsoft Can Die is by Suicide

2004-04-10 Thread linuxlingam
On Sun, 2004-04-11 at 07:05, vivek khurana wrote: > --- Sandip Bhattacharya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > Hey, guyz if Sun and MS are going to be a married > couple then what will happen to the future of > open-office. OO.o is GPL-ed so it can't be wished away, or whisked away. :-) nothing s

Re: [ilugd] Now the Only Way Microsoft Can Die is by Suicide

2004-04-10 Thread linuxlingam
On Sun, 2004-04-11 at 03:13, Eswar wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > > look at the bright side: m$ needs sun. yes, they need sun to > > compete with them, to rival them, so they can't let sun finish > > itself off, even if they wish that real hard. and sun will gladly > > respond and

Re: [ilugd] Now the Only Way Microsoft Can Die is by Suicide

2004-04-10 Thread linuxlingam
On Sun, 2004-04-11 at 00:57, Sandip Bhattacharya wrote: > While articles of this guy generally contain sweeping jumps to > conclusions sometimes...this time I am in quite an agreement with him. > If LL would remember, I have been predicting something big about to hit > the software world soon, a

Re: [ilugd] Problem Starting KMouth

2004-04-10 Thread LinuxLingam
On Sat, 2004-04-10 at 13:54, Raj Shekhar wrote: > Kunal Singhal (Linux) wrote: > > > I did a full installation of PCQLinux 2004. It comes bundled with a text-to-speesh > > software KMouth. > > When I run it from the command line, it quits with th error > > "Segmentation Fault" > > Seems like the

Re: [ilugd] Two things

2004-04-09 Thread linuxlingam
On Fri, 2004-04-09 at 09:47, Raj Mathur wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Nishi> b} I have had someone ask me if we would be willing to run > Nishi> his banner at ILUG-D site.[snip] > > My first reaction also was No, but thinking about it a bit more, why > don't we see if t

Re: [ilugd] Two things

2004-04-09 Thread linuxlingam
On Fri, 2004-04-09 at 17:39, vivek khurana wrote: > --- Raj Mathur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Hi Nishikant, > > > > > "Nishi" == Nishikant Kapoor > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > >> > > Only the pre-flashmob meet has been de

[ilugd] [x-posted]Re: [FSF-WG] Bill Gates quote

2004-04-09 Thread linuxlingam
forwarded without prejudice: On Sat, 2004-04-10 at 04:14, Richard Stallman wrote: > This quote could be useful. [snip] > On Thu, Apr 08, 2004 at 10:57:27AM -0400, Richard Stallman wrote: > > We could draw a cartoon of Gates handing gratis packs of Microsoft > > Windows (looking like cigarette pa

Re: Subject: Re: [ilugd] ilug-d's first ad-hoc, on-the-fly

2004-04-08 Thread linuxlingam
On Thu, 2004-04-08 at 18:16, Anindya Roy wrote: > Well, I conferm My presence on Sunday 1300hrs with the flashmob CD > > Regards > Anindya > thanks for confirming your presence, but may i request you *not* to top-post, that too to a huge mail digest of ilug-d? am sure it must have been done in e

[ilugd] [x-posted] ilug-d's first ad-hoc, on-the-fly supercomputer

2004-04-08 Thread linuxlingam
dear linux users across india, looks like ilug-delhi is rolling with plans to build a "flash mob" supercomputer sometime this month or next month. people will be invited to bring in their pcs, whether linux or windoze boxes, and plug it into a high-speed LAN. a bootable live distro of gnulinux th

[ilugd] mozilla 1.4.1 bug

2004-04-08 Thread linuxlingam
under previous versions of mozilla, i could drag+drop urls to the taskbar and make one-click buttons out of them. in mozilla 1.4.1 when i drag and drop urls to the taskbar, they don't embed. any idea how to get this going? ? LL ___ ilugd mailinglist --

Re: [ilugd] Another Suitable Place for ILUGD - Supercomputer

2004-04-06 Thread linuxlingam
On Wed, 2004-04-07 at 01:46, Mayank Jain wrote: mayank, you need to meet with the rest of the gang to discuss this further. guys, this is incredible, this is the third or the fourth venue that wants to do the flashmobthingie. wow! check the mailing list for venue, date, timings. the key persons

Re: [ilugd] Defining a Linux user

2004-04-06 Thread linuxlingam
> > it is very hard to count total number of linux users since there is no one > forcing you to register your copy so that the number can be successfully > calculated. > > > > Anirban Biswas ghane urges people often to register at the linux co

Re: Subject: Re: [ilugd] ilug-d's first ad-hoc, on-the-fly supercomputer

2004-04-06 Thread linuxlingam
On Tue, 2004-04-06 at 23:14, Raj Mathur wrote: > Anyway, may I invite you to my place this Saturday for the meeting? > Say, 4pm? We can get together and work out the logistics, and take a > decision on the best place to hold the flashmob. If everyone's > amenable to meeting at Munirka I can post

Re: Subject: Re: [ilugd] ilug-d's first ad-hoc, on-the-fly supercomputer(Meeting)

2004-04-06 Thread linuxlingam
On Tue, 2004-04-06 at 21:36, vivek khurana wrote: > Hi! > > Okay, guyz time to plan for the project. Lets meet > this sunday 10th April 2004 at 4:00 p.m (1600 hrs for > those who use boeing for travelling) at Delhi haat, > open air theater. bloody hot these days. you guys wanna bake? could som

Re: [ilugd] Defining a Linux user

2004-04-06 Thread linuxlingam
On Tue, 2004-04-06 at 16:26, Rahul Kumar wrote: > Recently I overheard a conversation about How many Linux users there are > in India. okay, the context of this thread: dq reported that in the previous month, the installed base of pcs in india touched 10 million. (1 crore) pcs. that makes it 1 p

[Fwd: Re: [ilugd] Another Suitable Place for ILUGD - Supercomputer]

2004-04-06 Thread linuxlingam
er... eswar sent me this document, i think he meant it for the mailing list, so others onto the flashmobcomputing can respond. vivek, all yours! LL ps: eswar, *bsd is another thread one day. ;-) -Forwarded Message- From: Eswar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ilug

Re: [ilugd] Another Suitable Place for ILUGD - Supercomputer

2004-04-05 Thread linuxlingam
On Tue, 2004-04-06 at 06:27, Mayank Jain wrote: > Hi guyz, > > Last night i got a brilliant idea, why not we have > this flashmobComputing stuff in my college (Maharaja > Agarsen Inst. of Technology) work more at night. > > Place = Rohini, Sect-22 > Computers = 350+ = no probs (all linux) > Ca

Re: [ilugd] Re:RH 7.1 not able to access GUI

2004-04-05 Thread linuxlingam
On Mon, 2004-04-05 at 23:24, Shashank Sharma wrote: > Delete your /tmp files and then also remove or check the permissions on the > .Xauthority file, you can even just delete it as well as it will get recreated when > starting X. > > -LinuxLala Lallaji, nice name! ;-) LL

Re: Subject: RE: [ilugd] ilug-d's first ad-hoc, on-the-fly

2004-04-05 Thread LinuxLingam
On Mon, 2004-04-05 at 17:44, Anindya Roy wrote: > Hi LL > > > > ya this sounds possible but would like to know what exactly it will > require like an estimated number of PCs you are hoping for and will it > be held on a Working or non working day. etc. > gaurav and you and vivek need to coord

Re: [ilugd] ilug-d's first ad-hoc, on-the-fly supercomputer

2004-04-05 Thread LinuxLingam
On Mon, 2004-04-05 at 12:23, Gaurav Jain wrote: > let me make proper arrangements, and if number of participants/cpu is more > clear, proper arrangements for power, cooling, refereshments can be > arranged. > we have a cluster of smp systems here, are will be most happy to > participate. > cheers

Re: [ilugd] [OT] Re: darwin, macOS portable, etc

2004-04-05 Thread LinuxLingam
On Mon, 2004-04-05 at 11:56, Rahul Kumar wrote: > 1. Apple is very much into opensource - not just Darwin. > http://developer.apple.com/darwin/ps-faq.html their license is officially recognized by FSF as a free license. > > 2. Apple sold about 734,000 desktops this quarter - which makes it the

Re: [ilugd] darwin, macOS portable, etc

2004-04-05 Thread LinuxLingam
On Mon, 2004-04-05 at 10:12, Rahul Kumar wrote: > Hi LL, > Thanks for this piece on gnu-darwin. My (first) Mac (Powerbook > Superdrive) will be coming in on the 9th [ In fact my first > non-Linux anything since '97 ] I probably would land up trying out > gnu-darwin on my other PCs. > -- thanks, r

Re: [ilugd] FlashMob Falls Short of Supercomputer Goal

2004-04-04 Thread linuxlingam
On Mon, 2004-04-05 at 01:07, Bhaskar Dutta wrote: > Hi all, > just wanted to share this information regarding the > flashmob I event which happened earlier today. I have > been following this event for quite a few weeks. > > The event failed to gather 500 gigaflops to achieve > supercomputer sta

[ilugd] ROX and ZeroInstall

2004-04-04 Thread linuxlingam
okay guys, back to some real common-sense through real intelligence. this is what the ETIAF (everything is a file) architecture of unix was all about. this is how the mac initially started, and its back to the original source. forget kde, gnome, etc. try ROX, god-send for idiots like me! http://ro

Re: [ilugd] ilug-d's first ad-hoc, on-the-fly supercomputer

2004-04-04 Thread linuxlingam
On Sun, 2004-04-04 at 22:27, Gaurav Jain wrote: > i volunteer to use my office in gurgaon > if its convinient for everyone, i will make the arrangements. > thanks gaurav jain. er... could your infrastructure handle about 100 computers and its cooling? network, backup, etc? do you have existing c

Re: [ilugd] ilug-d's first ad-hoc, on-the-fly supercomputer

2004-04-04 Thread linuxlingam
On Sun, 2004-04-04 at 22:25, Gaurav Jain wrote: > > > > it would also make sense to benchmark with HPL. See www.top500.org for more > details > i have some experience in setting it all up. > > cheers > gaurav > yabba dabba dooo! another volunteer! keep counting, guys. so its final. this even

RE: [ilugd] ilug-d's first ad-hoc, on-the-fly supercomputer.(From Anindya Roy)

2004-04-04 Thread linuxlingam
On Sun, 2004-04-04 at 18:48, Anindya Roy wrote: > Hi All > > > > The Idea Sounds really Very Cool. Can I help you guys in any ways? I have some > experience on setting up different Linux Clusters and also I am sitting on a good > bandwidth so can volunteer for downloading stuffs. > > > > R

RE: [ilugd] ilug-d's first ad-hoc, on-the-fly supercomputer

2004-04-04 Thread linuxlingam
On Sun, 2004-04-04 at 08:41, vivek khurana wrote: > This is a pretty good idea. I had worked a bit on > clusters, and i am volunteering for the event. But > before we go ahead with it a lot of planing has to be > done. that makes you the fifth or the sixth volunteer for this. good. this is pick

RE: [ilugd] ilug-d's first ad-hoc, on-the-fly supercomputer

2004-04-03 Thread linuxlingam
On Sun, 2004-04-04 at 07:08, Raj Mathur wrote: > >>>>> "LL" == linuxlingam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > LL> [snip] > > LL> sandip, do you think you could help on this? supreet has > LL> experimented a bit with clust

[ilugd] remove symbolic link from apache var/www/html

2004-04-03 Thread linuxlingam
have created a symbolic link using ln -s to a directory called 'images' into /var/www/html i wish to delete this symbolic link: /var/www/html/images have tried rmdir, rm -fR, ln -f, read thru the man pages of rm, ln, tried a mv, but all fail. and am doing all these as root. what's the way of del

[Fwd: Re: [ilugd] ilug-d's first ad-hoc, on-the-fly supercomputer]

2004-04-03 Thread linuxlingam
[forward] YO!!! I support this...and i can dedicate time for the same Just tell me...when and where...i can get 2 pc's...to demo SMP Clustering... Gimme 2 weeks to prepare for the same Regards Eswar [/forward] *** that makes two volunteers so far, and counting. :-) LL ___

RE: [ilugd] ilug-d's first ad-hoc, on-the-fly supercomputer

2004-04-03 Thread linuxlingam
just read the faq on flashmobcomputing. http://www.flashmobcomputing.org/misc/faq in 1998, in germany the fire department blew snowy-cold air into the room to keep the computers cool! yeouch! that means, we need a building with enough pre-existing computers, loads of spare plugs, and good powe

RE: [ilugd] ilug-d's first ad-hoc, on-the-fly supercomputer

2004-04-03 Thread linuxlingam
On Sun, 2004-04-04 at 01:36, Akshay Lamba wrote: > > > LL have a look at this. http://www.flashmobcomputing.org/ > > Couple of points I gather from the article: > > 1. They're going to release an iso after the even. We can use the same > iso for ilug event. in just 12 hours this event wil

Re: [ilugd] [Fwd: [K12OSN] OO 1.1.1 faster with remote xserver]

2004-04-03 Thread linuxlingam
On Mon, 2004-04-05 at 05:21, Anirban Biswas wrote: > I am totally supporting you TeX & OO.o are different stuff though produces > similar out put I only mnetained it since some ppl may intrested to it who do > not get what he/she want from a word processor. > > >

RE: [ilugd] ilug-d's first ad-hoc, on-the-fly supercomputer

2004-04-03 Thread linuxlingam
On Sun, 2004-04-04 at 00:51, Akshay Lamba wrote: > This sounds really exciting LL. Any knowledgebase available on > "flashmob"? I can bring a box with rh9 on it. [snip] > > Linux creates first ad-hoc, temporary supercomputer > http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/04/02/184238 > > L

[ilugd] ilug-d's first ad-hoc, on-the-fly supercomputer

2004-04-03 Thread linuxlingam
dear all, this is an inspiration for a great idea. iluggers could get together, say for the may 2k4 meet, bring their linux boxes, wire them up, and create a 'flashmob' supercomputer. i could invite the press and write a press release on this. someone could talk to tv channels to cover this. read

[ilugd] why m$ will win anyway

2004-04-03 Thread linuxlingam
here is the most brilliant article i've read yet, on how the EU case against m$ is ineffective. in fact, it *proves* that all cases against m$ will be ineffective and the company can, does, and will continue to get away with non-compliance. the maths is simple. the logic even simpler. it is the opi

[ilugd] [way-off-topic] iluggers who are axemen

2004-04-03 Thread linuxlingam
[off-topic] i know quite a few iluggers of delhi, who love playing the guitar and sometimes meet to practise some chords and strums. at the linux asia expo, amitabh's guitar was used to jangle some chords and nerves quite often! :-) for you guys, i just discovered this: http://www.indianguitartabs

Re: [ilugd] gaim 0.76

2004-04-03 Thread linuxlingam
On Sat, 2004-04-03 at 01:04, Kishore Bhargava wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi! All, > > For all those GAIM fans, the wait is finally over. 0.76 was just > released and yes Yahoo! works again. Go grab it before it gets /.'ed > or a new version of yahoo disables it

Re: [ilugd] Re: ILUGD April Meeting (summing up)

2004-04-03 Thread linuxlingam
On Sat, 2004-04-03 at 08:39, vivek khurana wrote: > I believe a full blown installation(30gb) of debian > will be a great demo. an install-fest is the most important thing to do to demonstrate to newbies and others that this is *not* rocket science. so this has to be done. this must be followe

[ilugd] darwin, macOS portable, etc

2004-04-02 Thread linuxlingam
dear all, ever since i remarked about the mac on an eye-candy thread, have been wondering about the state-of-the-mac and decided to do some digging. darwin is the name of the core of the mac os, that is based on freeBSD. within the macos layer, a few custom things run over it. gnu-darwin is a pro

[ilugd] peer-distributed transfer protocal (PDTP)

2004-04-02 Thread linuxlingam
ikewillis writes "For awhile I've been following the development of [0]PDTP (Peer Distributed Transfer Protocol), which is trying to merge the concepts of FTP and BitTorrent. This sounds like it could be useful for apt-get repositories or other high demand FTP sites. It's designed t

[ilugd] agnula cd

2004-04-02 Thread linuxlingam
please, i need this distro (or is it a distro-fix?). its called agnula. more about it at http://www.agnula.org/ i think most of you *audiophiles* are gonna love this. it also solves various sound-related problems as a byproduct. the one i want is here: http://download.agnula.org/rehmudi/ its c

Re: [ilugd] [Fwd: [K12OSN] OO 1.1.1 faster with remote xserver]

2004-04-02 Thread linuxlingam
On Fri, 2004-04-02 at 23:56, Anirban Biswas wrote: > Hi > Do not take me wrong but I think M$ office or OO.o both sucks some how less > or more & if you guys really want to produce some high quality documents with > out any pain then learn & .use LaTex & if you already know it them Kile is

Re: [ilugd] date of april meet

2004-04-02 Thread linuxlingam
On Fri, 2004-04-02 at 12:31, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > sir, > I want to know the date of april meet. > thankx... > third sunday of april, which is... 18th april. 2pm. venue: EFY office, okhla Industrial area :-) LL ___ ilugd mailinglist -- [EMA

[ilugd] argh! what's this dvdcss thingie?

2004-04-01 Thread linuxlingam
under the pcqlinux2k4 fedora, i found to my surprise a full-working dvdplayer in software, which is great. just a moment ago, i found the following: /home/LL/.dvdcss/MY_DISC#200403252319/ okay, so i wonder, what the f**k is this? some sort of DRM (digital rights management) mechanism in pla

Re: [ilugd] kBinaryClock

2004-04-01 Thread linuxlingam
after spending more than 14 years staring at macintosh screens, i don't want to make my gnulinux look like another mac. c'mon! i much prefer the more adventurous things i can do in KDE and with eye-candy applets etc. btw, i keep my taskbar on the top, never at the bottom. when apple first designed

Re: [ilugd] Gentoo

2004-04-01 Thread linuxlingam
On Thu, 2004-04-01 at 23:06, Raj Shekhar wrote: > linuxlingam wrote: > > > it would be nice if mary delivered the talk, but i know she seems to be > > rather busy these days and hasn't been attending meets regularly. > > LL, I met Mary at the LinuxAsia. She is act

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